VantageSouth Bancshares in Raleigh, N.C., announced that its president will resign.

Two attorneys, an appraiser and two others have been indicted for their roles in a New York mortgage fraud ring that operated for years and netted more than $1 million by preying on first-time home buyers and institutional lenders.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, by hosting the Bitcoin Foundation in Washington D.C. this week, demonstrated its commitment to learning more about the disruptive virtual currency.

Virtual currency operators in Idaho are subject to state money transmission laws if they service Idaho residents, according to a letter from Jim Burns, investigations chief at the Idaho Department of Finance.

Unity disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it paid the Treasury Department $2.7 million to repurchase a warrant to buy about 765,000 shares of common stock.

At least nine lenders have halted operations in the three weeks since state regulators began pressuring banks to cut off their access to the payments system.

Six federal agencies have re-issued their proposal for defining "qualified residential mortgages" that avoid risk retention, which is more to the industry's liking than a 2011 plan. But a much tougher alternative is still drawing attention.

Wells Fargo (WFC) is temporarily waiving all fees on remittances to the Philippines to make it easier for customers to send aid to flood victims in the Southeast Asian country.

Rosemary Berkery, who heads UBS's U.S. bank, knows her commercial banking rivals are gunning to win away the bank's super-rich clientele. In an interview, she explains how UBS is fighting back by offering wealthy customers new banking products, like mortgages and credit cards.

CresCom Bank in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has agreed to buy a branch from First Carolina Bancshares in Waterboro, S.C.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has created an online guide to help the roughly 25% of U.S. public service workers eliminate their student loans.

Traditional bank M&A in Georgia has been nearly dead in recent years, but Hamilton State Bancshares' deal this week to buy Cherokee Banking suggests that the Peach State may be primed for consolidation.

The Swiss banking giant said Wednesday that it expects to invest $36.5 million and to bring about 1,000 workers to the city as part of the expansion. The company will add the jobs over the next five years.

Independent Bank (IBCP) in Ionia, Mich., has raised $89 million as part of a plan to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Mortgage lenders are facing billions of dollars in new demands that they make whole the government and government-sponsored entities for housing-backed investments that have gone sour. American Banker staffers discuss why now, what additional banks are likely to get sucked in and whether an end to the demands is in sight.

The strength of America's financial system is a result of the diversity of its players, but that diversity won’t survive if our nation continues down the path of one-size-fits-all regulatory reform.

Disaster recovery. Offering customers job-search help. Penetrating underserved markets. Dishing out ice cream to promote a brand. Financial institutions have a multitude of reasons for deploying services on wheels. Here are five financial institutions offering services via motor vehicle across the country.

The chief credit officer at Hanmi Financial in Los Angeles has resigned.

Consumers' confidence in the economy moved closer to a 5 1/2-year high as a result of growing optimism that wages and hiring will improve in the next few months.

Heartland Financial in Dubuque, Iowa, has hired a chief financial officer.